Keynotes

Dr. Jessica Costa

Dr. Jessica Costa has worked for over 2 decades teaching students a love of language and learning or designing and facilitating professional learning and coaching nationally and internationally.

She brings a wealth of knowledge from her experiences as a National Board Certificated teacher; a leader at the state, district, and school-wide levels, a data coach, and from her research focused on school leadership preparation. Her passion for MLs derives from listening to her father’s stories of his experience as a multilingual immigrant starting school in the United States as a teenager.

Jessica gets excited for each training, meeting, or even the smallest of opportunities to connect and partner with educators and leaders to support quality instruction within responsive and affirming learning environments for multilingual learners.

Lisamarie Kane

Lisamarie Kane is honored to serve the Yellow Jacket community as the principal of Osbourn Park High School. She began her career in education as a chemistry and biology teacher, teaching for ten years before transitioning to assistant principal at Gar-Field High School. There, she oversaw special education, science, and mathematics. Ms. Kane is deeply committed to reducing barriers to instruction through collaborative learning teams, enhancing teacher efficacy, and upholding her belief that no child is “at risk” but rather “at promise.”

In 2023, Ms. Kane was named Prince William County Public Schools' Secondary Principal of the Year. In 2024, she received the Outstanding High School Principal of Virginia award from the Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals (VASSP). Ms. Kane is honored to be a part of the University of Virginia's Cohort of the Statewide Continuum of Practice for Excellence (VA SCOPE), where she learns from and collaborates with leaders in education across the Commonwealth.

Ms. Kane holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in food science from the University of Florida (Go Gators!) and a certificate in advanced graduate studies in education leadership from the University of New England. Before entering the field of education, she worked as a food scientist in the citrus industry, where she developed innovative methodologies, led research initiatives, and presented her findings to industry stakeholders.

Ms. Kane’s greatest honor is being a mother to her three children. In her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her family and her two dogs, Archie and Daisy.